Most executives treat exercise and diet as variables they will optimize later, once the quarter closes or the deal clears. A major clinical trial published last year suggests that the “later” instinct carries a measurable cost, and that the fix is far more specific than the general advice to “eat well and move more” that fills most wellness content aimed at leaders. The study is the U.S. POINTER trial, a two-year, five-site randomized controlled trial run by the Alzheimer’s Association and...

That which is old is new again. The thought has crossed my mind repeatedly as I have watched generative AI models emerge, improve, and regenerate over the past several years, and it has returned with particular force as I write the third edition of The AI Whisperer. Stephen Covey's counsel to begin with the end in mind, offered to business readers in 1989, turns out to be precisely what is needed in this new age of specification. The humble terminal window, brought to life more than half a...

Last week, the United States marked two hundred and fifty years since its founding, and it is worth remembering what actually provoked the founders. The colonists who boarded ships in Boston Harbor in December 1773 were not protesting a large tax. The duty on tea was three pence a pound, and the Tea Act had in fact made tea cheaper. What they refused was the arrangement itself: a small, metered charge on every pound, levied by a distant monopoly, with no voice in the terms, arriving on top of...

For most executives, artificial intelligence has already proven its worth as an analyst, a drafter, and a sounding board. Fewer have discovered what happens when the same conversational fluency is pointed toward something far less utilitarian: music. The same discipline that produces a sharp board memo or a clear strategic brief also produces something unexpected when redirected toward melody, instrumentation, and lyric. Leaders who engage seriously with AI music creation tend to arrive at a...

This week the United States turns two hundred and fifty years old. The Declaration of Independence was adopted in the summer of 1776, and so this Fourth of July marks the semiquincentennial, the two hundred and fiftieth year of the American experiment. Two hundred and fifty years is a long time to hold an idea together, and as families gather and fireworks trace the sky, that span deserves more than ceremony. It also deserves a closer look, because this anniversary offers a business writer...

Most executives now accept that artificial intelligence will reshape how their organizations operate. Far fewer have a structured way to build the judgment required to use it well. In March 2026, Anthropic addressed that gap directly by launching Anthropic Academy, a free learning platform built by the company that develops Claude. The Academy is a working curriculum, hosted on Skilljar and linked from anthropic.com/learn, that spans twenty courses across three tracks: AI Fluency for the...